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=== Content === | === Content === | ||
Information found in this collection may include:<ref>Hawkins, 5-6.</ref> | |||
*Name of purchaser | |||
*Description of the land | |||
*Date of transaction | |||
*By whom patented | |||
*Date of patent | |||
Additional items of information included in the tract books are as follows: number of acres, date of sale, purchase price, land office, entry number, final Certificate of Purchase number, and notes on relinquishments and conversions. | |||
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Federal tract books show the type of land entry, its legal description (numbered section, township and range), acreage, price, entryman's name, application date, and (if applicable) patenting date and numbers.<ref name="Haw5">Hawkins, 5.</ref> Remarks added near an entry sometimes provide clues to find additional records. | Federal tract books show the type of land entry, its legal description (numbered section, township and range), acreage, price, entryman's name, application date, and (if applicable) patenting date and numbers.<ref name="Haw5">Hawkins, 5.</ref> Remarks added near an entry sometimes provide clues to find additional records. | ||